Cleon
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn), from κλέω (kléō, “to recount, celebrate”).
Proper noun edit
Cleon
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkle.oːn/, [ˈkɫ̪eoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkle.on/, [ˈklɛːon]
Proper noun edit
Cleōn m sg (genitive Cleōnis); third declension
- An Athenian statesman
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Cleōn |
| Genitive | Cleōnis |
| Dative | Cleōnī |
| Accusative | Cleōnem |
| Ablative | Cleōne |
| Vocative | Cleōn |
Descendants edit
- Italian: Cleone
References edit
- “Cleon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cleon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.